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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2018
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Matthew H. Frey, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Robert R. Kieschke, Woodbury, MN (US);
Billy L. Weaver, Eagan, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); H01H 65/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); H01H 65/00 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04112 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49105 (2015.01);
Abstract
A touch sensor is provided that includes a transparent, insulating substrate and at least one U-shaped electrically conductive micromesh that includes traces disposed on the substrate. The traces include an elemental metal or an alloy of elemental metal. The touch sensor may be configured to determine a location and a magnitude of a force of a touch.